1000 Common English Words
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1000 Common English Words is a set of 992 English words studied with spaced-repetition flashcards. Every card carries the word, its phonetic transcription, the meaning in your language and an example sentence, and it comes back for review right when you are about to forget it — so the words settle into long-term memory instead of fading after a day. The deck is aimed at learners around level A1.
24 words from this deck
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| parents | /ˈpeərənt/ | The mother and father of a person. The people who raise a child. |
| siblings | /ˈsɪblɪŋ/ | A person's brothers and sisters. Children with the same parents. |
| spouse | /spaʊs/ | A husband or wife. A person who is married to another. |
| cousin | /ˈkʌzn/ | The child of your uncle or aunt. A relative in the same generation. |
| nephew | /ˈnefjuː/ | The son of your brother or sister. Your sibling's son. |
| niece | /niːs/ | The daughter of your brother or sister. Your sibling's daughter. |
| grandfather | /ˈɡrænfɑːðə(r)/ | The father of one's father or mother. A male parent of a parent. |
| grandmother | /ˈɡrænmʌðə(r)/ | The mother of one's father or mother. A female parent of a parent. |
| father | /ˈfɑːðə(r)/ | A male parent. One's male progenitor. |
| mother | /ˈmʌðə(r)/ | A female parent. One's female progenitor. |
| son | /sʌn/ | A male child of a parent. One's male offspring. |
| daughter | /ˈdɔːtə(r)/ | A female child of a parent. One's female offspring. |
| uncle | /ˈʌŋkl/ | The brother of one's parent. Your aunt's husband. |
| aunt | /ɑːnt/ | The sister of one's parent. Your uncle's wife. |
| stepfather | /ˈstepfɑːðə(r)/ | The husband of one's mother who is not one's biological father. A man married to one's mother. |
| stepmother | /ˈstepmʌðə(r)/ | The wife of one's father who is not one's biological mother. A woman married to one's father. |
| half-brother | /ˌhɑːfˈbrʌðə/ | A brother who shares only one parent with you. A male sibling with a different father or mother. |
| half-sister | /ˌhɑːfˈsɪstə/ | A sister who shares only one parent with you. A female sibling with a different father or mother. |
| in-laws | /ɪnˈlɔːz/ | Relatives by marriage, especially the family of one's spouse. Your spouse's parents and siblings. |
| father-in-law | /ˈfɑːðərɪnˌlɔː/ | The father of one's spouse. Your husband or wife's father. |
| mother-in-law | /ˈmʌðərɪnˌlɔː/ | The mother of one's spouse. Your husband or wife's mother. |
| brother-in-law | /ˈbrʌðərɪnˌlɔː/ | The brother of one's spouse or the husband of one's sister. A male relative by marriage. |
| sister-in-law | /ˈsɪstərɪnˌlɔː/ | The sister of one's spouse or the wife of one's brother. A female relative by marriage. |
| twins | /twɪn/ | Two children born to the same mother at the same time. Siblings born from the same pregnancy. |
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